The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. on August 2, 2018. The breach occurred on July 5, 2018, due to unauthorized access to personal information on the Orbitz travel booking platform, potentially affecting customer names, payment card information, email addresses, and physical addresses. An estimated number of individuals affected has not been specified.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-138513
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-express-global-business-travel
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"linkid": "american-express-global-business-travel",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Travel',
'name': 'American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['customer names',
'email addresses',
'physical addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['customer names',
'payment card information',
'email addresses',
'physical addresses']},
'date_detected': '2018-07-05',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-08-02',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving American Express Travel Related Services '
'Company, Inc. on August 2, 2018. The breach occurred on July '
'5, 2018, due to unauthorized access to personal information '
'on the Orbitz travel booking platform, potentially affecting '
'customer names, payment card information, email addresses, '
'and physical addresses. An estimated number of individuals '
'affected has not been specified.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['customer names',
'payment card information',
'email addresses',
'physical addresses'],
'systems_affected': ['Orbitz travel booking platform']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-08-02',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}